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amphibolic rock (J.); Kirk River, near Ravenswood }, 
in an auriferous reef (J.); Burdekin River, near 
Mount Jxeelbottom!!, in lode in quartz porphyry 
country (J.). 
Coprpras—lIronclad Mine, Herberton, crystallises from water 
trickling from the mine associated with blue vitriol, 
ratio between the copper and iron in these mixed 
sulphates is very variable, some crystals being deep 
blue, and consequently rich in copper, while others are 
a pale green and poor in copper (C.). 
CuprirE—Great Australian Copper Mine, Cloncurry ! ! !, in large 
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lode with native copper, tenorite, azurite and mala- 
chite (J.) ; No. 1 Copper Selection, Dugald River ! ! !, 
in large lode, with malachite and native copper, the 
cuprite very fine, and much of it is of the ~wéy variety 
(J.); Cloncurry Copper Smelting Co.’s Mines, Clon- 
curry !!, very fine crystals associated with hematite, 
some 3-inch in diameter, being combinations of the 
cube with the pentagonal dodecahedron, the most 
minute microscopic crystals exhibiting the same com- 
bination of forms (Sheatfe) ; Contra Lode, Cloncurry !! }, 
in large lode in diorite country, with malachite and 
azurite (J.); Pumpkin Gully, Cloncurry !! in cap of 
large lode (J.); Homeward Bound, Cloncurry !!, in 
lode, with malachite and azurite (auriferous), (J.) ; 
Copper Mines at Duck and Malbon Creeks, Cloncurry 
!!!, in lodes (J.); Chillagoe !!!, large copper lodes 
(cuprite ?), (Moffat); two miles north of Great Aus- 
tralian Copper Mine, Cloncurry ! ! !, group of lodes (J.); 
Argylla Copper Mine !!!, in large lode with native 
copper and malachite (J.); Leichardt River ! ! !, Cru- 
sader and other lodes (J.); Dugald River, 45 miles 
north-west of Cloncurry !!, with native copper, calcite 
and melaconite (Sheaffe); Great Kennedy Copper 
Mine !!!, in a large lode with azurite and malachite 
(J.); Moreton Island ! ! (Q.M.C.); Mount Perry 
district !!!, associated with other copper ores (L.) ; 
Texas, Stanthorpe district !!!, with other copper ores 
(Gunn); Blue Mountains, near Eton!! (J.); Emu 
Plains, Bowen River ! ! (J.). 
Ore—A brick red or earthy variety of cuprite generally 
containing peroxide of iron, the term is little used, 
but is convenient for a variety of cuprite very 
common in Queensland (J.); Great Kennedy Copper 
mine! !, in a large lode with azurite, malachite and 
cuprite (J.); Copper Mines at Duck Creek, Clon- 
curry !!,in lode No. 9; near Tierrawomba, Mackay }, 
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